Thanks for all the response - lots of good info. I took the MSF course in the fall of 2009, that's how I got my license - I had so much fun during the class & I had never spent more than an hour or two total on a tiny Honda 50 not so many years ago - kinda looked like a clown car, only with 2 wheels and knees in my chin, so HOT! And thank you for the offers of help - I can actually use it, I don't really have friends that ride & having been doing everything solo since I got my bike.